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There’s more news and less comprehension today than any historical period that didn’t involve literal witch trials, and trying to stay on top of it all can feel like playing a game of telephone with 30 people, except everyone’s speaking at the same time and like a third of them are openly racist for some reason. From Cracked co-founder Jack O’Brien, THE DAILY ZEITGEIST is stepping into that fray with some of the funniest and smartest comedic and journalistic minds around. Jack and co-host Miles Gray spend up to an hour every weekday sorting through the events and stories driving the headlines, to help you find the signal in the noise, with a few laughs thrown in for free.

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Weekly Zeitgeist 39 (Best of 8/27/18-8/31/18) Sep 02, 2018

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The weekly round up of the best moments from DZ's Season 46 (8/27/18-8/31/18.)

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“SERENA” Is “QUEEN," Don McGone 8.31.18 Aug 31, 2018

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In episode 224, Jack and Miles are joined by writer Amy Lam to discuss Serena Williams and her amazing outfits, attack ads against Beto O'Rourke by Ted Cruz, money laundering and Chris Christie, Trump blaming NBC for fudging a taped interview, the top student loan official resigning, the dine-and-dasher finally being arrested, the reward for naming your child after the KFC Colonel, and more!

FOOTNOTES:

1. The Furor Over Serena William’s Catsuit Continues Tennis’ Policing of Black Women’s Bodies

2. Texas GOP shares arrest mug shot to attack Beto O'Rourke for skipping debate with Cruz

3. A Malaysian fugitive might have paid Chris Christie and a Trump lawyer with laundered funds

4. The strange tale of Chris Christie, money laundering, a Jersey rapper and Donald Trump

5. President Trump, without evidence, says NBC's Lester Holt 'caught fudging' taped interview

6. APNewsBreak: Nation’s top student loan official resigns

7. A serial ‘dine-and-dasher’ loved lavish meals and leaving women to pay for them, police say. He faces 10 felony charges.

8. Name Your Baby Harland

9. WATCH: Ghostface Killah feat. Jadakiss - Run

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Maria > Katrina, Pumpkin Spice Latte SZN 8.30.18 Aug 30, 2018

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In episode 223, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Derrick Lemos to discuss Pumpkin Spice Latte season, Magic For Humans on Netflix, a student being charged with battery for stealing a MAGA hat, Kremlin's continued work in DC, Trump's words for evangelicals, Florida mayor surfing in on the populist wave, Hurricane Maria causing as many deaths as 9/11, Kanye West's defense of his comments this year, and more!

FOOTNOTES:

1. Pumpkin spice lattes — and the backlash, and the backlash to the backlash — explained

2. WATCH: Magic For Humans | Justin Willman Makes This Guy Think He's Invisible | Netflix

3. Jo-Ann Butler: Student Steals MAGA Hat & Is Suspended

4. Devin Nunes’s Curious Trip to London

5. Rep. Jim Jordan on questions he has for Bruce Ohr

6. Trump Urges Evangelicals to Prep for Violence After They Lose Election

7. Who is Andrew Gillum? Meet Florida’s history-making Democratic nominee for governor.

8. An ode to one of the worst GOP candidates in recent memory

9. It’s Official: Hurricane Maria Led to as Many Deaths as 9/11

10. Kanye West Apologizes for Slavery Comment, Reiterates Trump Support

11. Kanye West Argues Wearing Small Sandals Is the "Japanese Way"

12. WATCH: Death From Above - Holy Books (Official Audio)

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Sex Crim Out On Good Behavior, Trump Learned What Google Is 8.29.18 Aug 29, 2018

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In episode 222, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian and Bechdel Cast co-host Caitlin Durante to discuss the rise of consumer confidence, the popularity of unboxing videos, Louis C.K's return to the stage, Google searches about Trump, Lindsay Graham's current opinion on Jeff Sessions, the new 7-Eleven delivery app, how America uses it's land, how alcohol isn't healthy at all, and more!

FOOTNOTES:

1. US consumer confidence rises to 18-year high

2. How Unboxing Videos Soothe Our Consumerist Brains

3. Louis C.K. Performs Stand-Up Set at Club Since Admitting to #MeToo Cases

4. Here are 51 comedians who never forced women to watch them masturbate

5. 96 Percent of Google Search Results for 'Trump' News Are from Liberal Media Outlets

6. @LindseyGrahamSC explains why his opinion of AG Jeff Sessions has changed

7. 7-Eleven Now App

8. Here's How America Uses Its Land

9. No healthy level of alcohol consumption, says major study

10. WATCH: Ross From Friends - John Cage

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John McCain’s Posthumous Trolling, GOP Spreadsheet Of Fear 8.28.18 Aug 28, 2018

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In episode 221 Jack and Miles are joined by actor Behzad Dabu to discuss John McCain's passing, changing the name of the Richard Russell senate building, GOP's fear of the blue wave, Roger Stone possibly being indicted, the Jacksonville, Florida video game tournament shooting, fantasy football season, True Detective season three, and more!

FOOTNOTES:

1. John McCain: Trump not attending late senator's funeral

2. John McCain's final message for the President

3. Ward Saturday On McCain Ending Treatment: ‘They Wanted To Have A Particular Narrative’

4. Senate office is named after a virulent racist. Schumer wants to change it in honor of McCain.

5. 1 big thing ... Scoop: Republicans secretly study their coming hell

6. Stone Defense Fund

7. Lethality of Suicide Methods

8. Jacksonville shooting suspect underwent psychiatric treatment, purchased guns legally in Baltimore area

9. Your first look at the long-awaited new season of 'True Detective'

10. WATCH: Stimulator Jones - Soon Never Comes (Official Video)

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Melania Next To Flip? Still Hungover From 2008 8.27.18 Aug 27, 2018

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In episode 220, Jack and special guest host Laci Mosley are joined by super producer Anna Hossnieh to discuss how Crazy Rich Asians is a culture phenomenon, the possible biggest flip in the Trump Organization, how Republicans actually want to impeach Trump more than the Democrats, how stock market buybacks are going down currently, bloidwatch, and more!

FOOTNOTES:

1. How ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Hooked A $35M+ #GoldOpen At The Box Office – Update

2. Amazon Best Sellers

3. Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg, who allegedly helped arrange hush-money reimbursement to Cohen, receives immunity

4. This may be the biggest flip yet in the Trump-Cohen saga

5. Top Trump Organization official Weisselberg was granted immunity in Cohen investigation

6. Republicans Are Talking About Impeachment Way More Than Democrats

7. Bookmakers: Trump impeachment odds are way up after Cohen trial

8. Trump says impeachment would crash the market. Really?

9. Your Questions About Impeachment, Answered

10. Mike Pence, Holy Terror

11. In 2008, America Stopped Believing in the American Dream

12. Why Stock Market Buybacks Should Make Investors Nervous

13. WATCH: Bobby Hebb - Sunny

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Weekly Zeitgeist 38 (Best of 8/20/18-8/24/18) Aug 26, 2018

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The weekly round up of the best moments from DZ's Season 45 (8/20/18-8/24/18.)

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Team Trump Is A Mess, Affleck Bender Over 8.24.18 Aug 24, 2018

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In episode 219, Jack and guest host super producer Anna Hossnieh are joined by comedian Riley Silverman to discuss Trump's Fox & Friends interview, Jeff Sessions clapping back at Trump, David Pecker flipping on Trump, Lanny Davis asking the American people to fund the truth out of Michael Cohen, how Fox News struggling to understand why we need to raise the minimum wage, the most sexist states in America, Saudi Arabia not standing up to their new 'progressive' ways, a feminism camp for men, a google trend skim, and more!

FOOTNOTES:

1. EXCLUSIVE: President @realDonaldTrump on if he knew about the Cohen payments. See more from his interview with @ainsleyearhardt tomorrow 6-9amET.

2. ‘Fox & Friends’ nails Trump interview — by shutting up

3. The 36 most outrageous lines in Donald Trump's Fox News interview

4. Sessions hits back at Trump: DOJ won't be 'improperly influenced'

5. Jeff Sessions fires back at Trump: DOJ won't 'be improperly influenced' by politics

6. David Pecker, CEO of National Enquirer Publisher, Granted Immunity in Michael Cohen Case

7. Lanny Davis: No dispute that Trump committed a crime

8. Michael Cohen Truth Fund

9. Rational Security Podcast

10. Fox News host: People who earn the minimum wage "don't plan on raising a family" so we should keep it low

11. The most sexist places in America

12. My Woke Hot American Summer: 72 Hours at Male Feminism Camp

13. Saudi Arabia, which has been calling out Canada over women's rights, may soon behead a female activist for the first time

14. Why Jennifer Garner Took Ben Affleck to Rehab: 'It Was a Crisis Situation'

15. The Big Bang Theory ending because Jim Parsons was ready to leave

16. What we learned from Ohio State's investigation into Urban Meyer, Zach Smith

17. Watch this amazing performance by The Korean Taekwondo Team!

18. WATCH: SSION - "Earthquake" (Official Video)

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Manafort / Cohen News Breaks Fox News, Papa John: The Truth 8.23.18 Aug 23, 2018

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In episode 218, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Guy Branum to discuss Olive Garden's new pasta pass, Papa John's personal website, the fall out of the Cohen plea and the Manafort trial plus the responses from Trump and Fox News, Duncan Hunter's indictment that went unnoticed, a New York woman who tricked a bunch of men on Tinder, and more!

FOOTNOTES:

1. Gorge on fettuccini until you beg for sweet death with Olive Garden's year-long, unlimited Pasta Pass

2. Save Papa Johns

3. With Cohen Implicating Trump, a Presidency’s Fate Rests With Congress

4. Man Charged After Leading Investigators To Body Believed To Be Missing Iowa Woman

5. Turley on Cohen Plea Deal: Trump Could Be 'Unindicted Co-Conspirator' on Campaign Finance Violation

6. Lanny Davis: Trump "Corrupted Our Democracy," He "Directed" Michael Cohen To Do A "Criminal Act"

7. Who Is the Mysterious “Individual-1” Implicated by Michael Cohen?

8. Trump likely safe after Cohen guilty plea, but Mueller report will be fodder for foes

9. Trump Praises Manafort for Refusing to ‘Break,’ Unlike Cohen, His Former Fixer

10. Tucker Carlson guest Alan Dershowitz compares Micheal Cohen's campaign finance violation to jaywalking

11. Trump’s comparison of the Cohen allegations to Obama is entirely wrong

12. The difference between Michael Cohen and Barack Obama, explained for Donald Trump

13. The 30 most astounding moments in Rep. Duncan Hunter's 47-page indictment

14. Eagles’ ‘Greatest Hits’ Overtakes Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ as Best-Selling Album

15. A New York woman scammed dozens of men into doing a 'live Tinder'

16. My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir through (Un)Popular Culture By Guy Branum

17. WATCH: Bobby Oroza - This Love Pt. 1

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Ayo For Diet Yayo, New Slaves 8.22.18 Aug 22, 2018

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In episode 217, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Jackie Rae Aubel to discuss Michael Cohen taking a plea deal, highlights from the MTV Video Music Awards, Trump's addiction to Diet Coke, QAnon supporters wanting to sue the mainstream media, ICE's true plan to strip immigrants of their citizenship, prisoners on strike for unpaid labor and poor prison conditions, Microsoft accusing Russians of attempting to hack right-wing think tanks, and more!

FOOTNOTES:

1. Trump’s Former Fixer, Michael Cohen, Reaches a Plea Agreement Over Payments to Women

2. Body found in search for missing Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, authorities say

3. MTV VMAs 2018: The 15 Best and Worst Moments

4. MTV VMAs: Madonna responds to 'self-indulgent' Aretha tribute

5. VMAs: Kevin Hart faces boycott threats from Trump supporters after 'kneeling' jab

6. The President Suffers From a Diet Coke Addiction, Owns 2 Guns and More Wackiness From Omarosa’s Book

7. INSIDE TRUMP’S HOUR-BY-HOUR BATTLE FOR SELF-PRESERVATION

8. Donald Trump Shouting ‘Get Me A Coke’ On Cohen Tape Sets Twitter Alight

9. A Brief History of Donald Trump's Love Affair With Coca-Cola

10. Diet Sodas Tied to Dementia and Stroke

11. Reported link between diet drinks and dementia and stroke is weak

12. President Trump Reportedly Drinks 12 Diet Cokes a Day. Here’s What That Does to Your Body

13. QAnon Geniuses Ready To Sue 'The MSM' For Making Them Look Stupid :(

14. Denaturalization, explained: how Trump can strip immigrants of their citizenship

15. A Nazi War Crimes Suspect Has Been Deported From the U.S. to Germany

16. Prisoners Launch National 19-Day Strike to Protest Unpaid Labor and Poor Prison Conditions

17. Microsoft thwarts Russian attempts to hack right-wing US think-tanks

18. WATCH: Onra - Secretly [Nobody Has To Know]

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